Ordonner les Lettres 6-1A Psychology Nervous SystemVersion en ligne Student will identify major divisions & subdivisions of the nervous system and describe how they function. par Lance Hiles 1 Autonomic Nervous System: The ______ nervous systems enhances the body’s ability to recover from strenuous activity, reducing heart rate & blood pressure. C I R P H M P T T A E Y S A A 2 Autonomic Nervous System: The ______ nervous systems prepares the body for strenuous activity, like speeding heart rate & suspending digestion. P H I Y E A T C S T M 3 The _____ nervous system refers to the part that controls involuntary activities, such as heartbeat, blood pressure, & pupil size. I O O N M C A T U 4 The _____ nervous system controls voluntary activities, like using your thumbs to send a text. O I T C A S M 5 Our nervous system allows us to react to the _____ , as well as create, move, and think. N N V I R E O M E N T 6 To prevent paralysis, the brain is protected in the skull and the spinal cord is protected in the skeletal ___ . R A R V E T E E B 7 This nervous system transmits information back and forth between central nervous system and everything else. R A P E R H E I P L 8 This nervous system contains the brain and spinal cord. E T R N A L C 9 Even when you are asleep, your _____ _____ never stops working. M S N S E E O U S V Y R T 10 If we want to understand human _____ , we need to learn about the nervous system and how its messages are sent between brain and body. I V O R A E H B 11 _____ is the study of the nervous system; the brain, neurons, neurotransmitters, etc. E S I E O C U N N R C E 12 Some nerves of the peripheral system are _____ in size, others are as thick as a pencil. S R I I C O O C C M P 13 The brain and nervous system are protected by bone and _____ . N H T A H I E G S 14 The layers of sheathing protect the brain and nervous system from _____ in _____ and from physical damage. E T S I E E T X T E M A R M R E T I U R P E 15 A tear in the spinal cord could result in _____ , which is why the spinal cord is protected by the skeletal vertebrae. R P I L A A S S Y 16 The brain and nervous system are able to change their physical structure after a person experiences some stimuli from the environment. This is called _____ . T N I T L I C S O E A R U P Y 17 The act of reading a book and _____ new information is the type of environmental stimuli that causes neuroplasticity to occur. N L E A N I R G 18 The nerves of the peripheral system transmit information back and forth from _____ to the central nervous system. A G R N O S